Nature Done Wright

   Rob sez: Very nice morning at the CF. Migration was in the air! Highlights:

  
–Redstart–3 incl. a SINGING ad. male
  
-RT Hummer–female perched.
  
-Osprey
  
-Indigo Bunting–male still in full breeding plumage. Flushed from Greenway–my first at CF this year.

-Bobolink (2)–1 flyover, then a female-plumaged bird perched at Greenway. My earliest fall arrival for CF (prev. 8/11)

   -Va Rail: Heard only (gave high-pitched call)

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Location:     The Celery Farm

Observation date:     8/4/09

Notes:     Bobolink: 1 flyover, 1 perched (female
pl)<br>Redstart–2 fem; 1 singing ad male<br>Indigo–ad
male full breeding pl.<br>RT Hum–female

Number of species:     33

~7:25 to ~8:45

Canada Goose     X

Mute Swan     X

Wood Duck     X

Mallard     X

Great Blue Heron     3

Osprey     1

Virginia Rail     X H

Mourning Dove     X

Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1

Downy Woodpecker     X

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     X

Eastern Kingbird     1

Warbling Vireo     X H

Blue Jay     X

American Crow     X H

Tree Swallow     X

Barn Swallow     X

Tufted Titmouse     X

White-breasted Nuthatch     X H

Carolina Wren     3+

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     X H

American Robin     X

Gray Catbird     X

Cedar Waxwing     10

Yellow Warbler     X

American Redstart     2

Common Yellowthroat     X H

Song Sparrow     X

Northern Cardinal     X

Indigo Bunting     1

Bobolink     2

Red-winged Blackbird     X

American Goldfinch     X